Reading Buddies: The U_E Silent E Badge (Season 2; Episode 19)

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(Describer) In a room with books, a woman sits beside a dog puppet playing a drum.

(Describer) She bonks Dusty.

(Describer) Kids with backpacks arrive. They sing and dance.

(Describer) In the garden:

(Describer) They hold still as Jampa peeks out a window. Inside, a megaphone pops out of Alphabott the robot.

(Describer) The word 'cut.'

(Describer) Dusty trips through his dog house door. He appears in a cartoon bedroom with a talking pile of stuff.

(Describer) The junk pile sinks away.

(Describer) He pops up beside Maya, who holds treats.

(Describer) In the garden:

(Describer) Mary wears a moustache.

(Describer) In the yard, Ziggy paints on Alphabott's screen.

(Describer) Alphabott pulls in her arms, and her head spins above her robot body. Three writing lines appear on her screen.

(Describer) In her hair.

(Describer) They head inside. On Alphabott's screen, a title reads: 'alpha shorts.' A letter u appears, followed by a line for a consonant, and a letter e. Then an ice cube glides by.

(Describer) The screen counts down from 4, and a title cracks out of question boxes: 'Where is it?' Host Dott puts on glasses and holds a microphone.

(Describer) Smoke drifts up as Reggie takes out her circuit board.

(Describer) The battery charges up.

(Describer) Reggie puts the coins in a rocket-shaped piggie-bank. Inside:

(Describer) Outside:

(Describer) Dott, Cosmo, Kitt, and Dusty lift their hands into the air.

(Describer) He frames his face with his hands.

(Describer) Dusty takes a bubble bath.

(Describer) A bubble with a word:

(Describer) A bubble with an e:

(Describer) Outside:

(Describer) Jampa whistles.

(Describer) Inside:

(Describer) He strums the ukelele.

(Describer) Butterflies flutter around Mary and Marty.

(Describer) In a captain hat:

(Describer) Dott says goodbye to each Alphabotteer as they leave.

(Describer) Everyone waves, and credits roll. Accessibility provided by the US Department of Education.

(Describer) A logo appears with a robot: The Reading League's Reading Buddies.

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Dusty and the Alphabotteers are ready to earn their next badge. With Dott and AB’s help, the group explores the concept of u_e (silent e), the sounds the pattern represents, and words that use the u_e pattern. During a ukulele lesson, Cosmo and Dott remind Dusty to practice taking turns and how to handle frustration when learning something new. Part of the "Reading Buddies" series.